There is much that Big Pharma and medicine do not tell us.
I and my wife are 85, neither of us use prescription medications. 35 years ago we were told to never buy a food with more than 5 ingredients. We read labels and try to abide by this.
16 years ago I moved from sea level to 5000 feet elevation.
Within 45 days I had a heart attack. They drilled out my left descending artery and told me that if I had stayed at sea level that artery would have closed and I would have died.
I started Chelation (intravenous feeding of EDTA). Took 24 treatments every other week and then a monthly treatment. I have not been to a “Heart Doctor” in all that time. My blood pressure is normal(I work at it)I try to eat right but am not perfect. The AMA says Chelation doesn’t work but I have talked to dozens of heart patients taking Chelation to know they are wrong. The NIH did a 3 year study of Chelation, one patient died so they quit. If they proved it did work many hospitals would go bankrupt, the heart is the mainstay of hospitals.
Before going to a doctor for anything I go to the internet to look up natural treatments and foods for my problem.
Just some thoughts. It is hard for me to understand why all medications have side effects, some seriously, and they just mask symptons and do not cure anything.
I don’t totally agree with his theory on the cause, it is too simplistic. We know that there are 5 or more bacterial infections that can cause heart disease. But I agree that the low saturated fat diet and pharma fixes to reduce cholesterol is the wrong path, way wrong.
Cholesterol is the patching material, the emergency backup system to prevent death due to cracked blood vessels and damaged red blood cells.
The artery damage he describes is Subclinical Scurvy.
My dad had a massive heart attack in the early 60s, his heart was badly damaged, he took whatever they had back then and a maintenance dose of penicillin, he lived another 30 years and lived well.
People with genetic syndromes that lead to very high cholesterol levels have a markedly increased incidence of coronary disease, and mutations in specific cholesterol metabolism genes in mice leads to cholesterol deposits in their arteries.
The bottom line is that cholesterol levels are a significant risk factor for coronary disease, unquestionably. That doesn't mean there aren't other important risk factors. There clearly are, including high blood pressure, smoking, and genetics.
The statins, incidentally, have been shown to decrease vascular inflammation.
There is much that Big Pharma and medicine do not tell us.
I and my wife are 85, neither of us use prescription medications. 35 years ago we were told to never buy a food with more than 5 ingredients. We read labels and try to abide by this.
16 years ago I moved from sea level to 5000 feet elevation.
Within 45 days I had a heart attack. They drilled out my left descending artery and told me that if I had stayed at sea level that artery would have closed and I would have died.
I started Chelation (intravenous feeding of EDTA). Took 24 treatments every other week and then a monthly treatment. I have not been to a “Heart Doctor” in all that time. My blood pressure is normal(I work at it)I try to eat right but am not perfect. The AMA says Chelation doesn’t work but I have talked to dozens of heart patients taking Chelation to know they are wrong. The NIH did a 3 year study of Chelation, one patient died so they quit. If they proved it did work many hospitals would go bankrupt, the heart is the mainstay of hospitals.
Before going to a doctor for anything I go to the internet to look up natural treatments and foods for my problem.
Just some thoughts. It is hard for me to understand why all medications have side effects, some seriously, and they just mask symptons and do not cure anything.
Wow, maybe Linbaugh is waking up!
Its getting to the point that close to half of the people are aware that “mainstream medicine” is a death caucus.
Nanny State PING!
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Thanks for the post. Please see my post 69. We have all been had. The fingers always point back to an intrusive and incompetent Federal Government.
I have noticed that by adding flaxseed oil and ditching the margarine in favor of real butter has helped a lot. Not only do I feel better, but I have lost 25 lbs, taken 4 inches off my waist, have less desire to eat and my blood pressure has dropped significantly. Still have several dozen lbs to lose but it is heading in the right direction by ignoring the conventional wisdom.
To quote one of my M.D. colleagues,”Statins are religion among physicians.”
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Here’s what happened.
In the early studies of plaque in arteries of cardiovascular patients, they found cholesterol.
So they said cholesterol was the cause.
Same thing as if I went and studied kids who have cuts and then proceeded to blame the cuts on the band-aid they had on.
Ping for later
The cure for inflammation is aspirin.... one a day , every day
Fish oil, people! Fish oil!
One of the best anti-inflammatorys there is!
As much as possible, lay off the corn oils and most other vegetable oils. They are pro-inflammatory, and ARE NOT the types of oils your body is designed to eat.
Nut oils, walnut oils, that kind being an exception.